Phtheírō — G5351

Definition

verb

properly, to shrivel or wither, i.e. to spoil (by any process) or (generally) to ruin (especially figuratively, by moral influences, to deprave)

1. to corrupt, to destroy
2. the character of the inhabitants of the earth

Usually translated as

corrupt, defile, destroy

Origin

probably strengthened from phthíō (to pine or waste)

Occurrences

Phtheírō occurs 8 times in 7 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Corinthians (2), 2 Corinthians (2), Ephesians (1), Jude (1), Revelation (1)

• 1 Corinthians 3:17 — If any man defile (φθείρει) the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
• 1 Corinthians 3:17 — If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy (φθερεῖ); for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
• 1 Corinthians 15:33 — Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt (φθείρουσιν) good manners.
• 2 Corinthians 7:2 — Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted (ἐφθείραμεν) no man, we have defrauded no man.
• 2 Corinthians 11:3 — But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted (φθαρῆ) from the simplicity that is in Christ.
• Ephesians 4:22 — That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt (φθειρόμενον) according to the deceitful lusts;
• Jude 1:10 — But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves (φθείρονται).
• Revelation 19:2 — For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt (ἔφθειρεν) the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.